DevoHusker

That's mo betta

Too darn close

No, I get it. Just pointing it out, and I will let it go, but there are some right to left changes that have been referenced in the past that got a lot of coverage as well.

I will say today that I have seen several reports, like this one, that indicate the Congressional raises are NOT from $174k to $243k as has been widely bantered around. Members of Congress have not had a raise to their $174,000 salaries since 2009, after repeatedly freezing a law implementing automatic cost-of-living increases. The pending CR does not include a COLA freeze, but that would not result in a 40 percent boost in pay — far from it. The maximum potential pay adjustment would be 3.8 percent, an increase of $6,600.

The biggest hang up is not disaster relief. Not sure where you get that idea. Every single comment I have read indicates the salary raises, continued funding for Ukraine, and the biolabs/gain of function funding is the hang up. I think a lot of folks wanted a clean, stand alone bill for disaster relief, but Dems refused. I also don't think that Musk will or should be considered for Speaker.

You sure like to state what others "seem to find" with zero references. It is truly no skin off my nose either way. Again, I think the vitriol from the left...now but not then...is comical. And completely on brand.

I love the crazy way adoration turns in response to politcal bent. Criticize away...

I love the fact that he used to be very in vogue with the left...it was Tesla this, and Space X that, and OMG he launched a convertible into space...that's so cool. Then, when he bought Twitter, and it became obvious he was a conservative, he became an outcast, a pariah for libs, and nothing he did or does could ever be viewed positively. I will post in the Shed a tweet which relates to this.

If you look up number of pardons by Carter, it says 566 with the caveat of "plus the anonymous pardon of around 200,000 draft dodgers" but you are correct. Is the Biden number correct or no? Maybe there should be another community note that says "6,500 of those were for marijuana charges" but the other 1,500 were for embezzlers, ponzi scheme thieves and child porn collectors. I guess that would fix it. Oh, and Switzerland does require every male between the ages of 18 and 35 to own/possess a firearm.